Portrait of Alexander Woollcott

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Portrait of Alexander Woollcott

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Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was a famously sharp-tongued drama critic for The New York Times and the person chiefly responsible for the Algonquin Round Table lunches. When a press agent invited him and several of his friends to lunch at the Algonquin, Woollcott had such a good time that he insisted they all meet again at the same place. They did--and lunch lasted a decade.

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Additional support for this exhibition has been generously provided by the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.

Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.